Tottenham Hotspur are reportedly unwilling to pay more than £51million for a player they simply do not need anymore.
According to the Mirror, Tottenham want to bring Gareth Bale back to North London but are unwilling to spend more than £51million on the Welsh international. But surely that is still far more than Spurs chairman Daniel Levy would be willing to pay for an injury-prone player approaching his thirties.
When you also factor in that Tottenham simply do not need Bale, any move is going to be championed far more in the press than in the boardroom, with Mauricio Pochettino’s side doing just fine without a player whose Spurs days are well and truly behind him.
Tottenham are not going to pay £51million for a player who has not had an injury-free season in years, even if the romantics would love to see him pulling on the shirt again.
Levy and Pochettino are building for the future and, if and when they do break their transfer record once more, it will be for a player who has years left at the top of the game, one who is going to grow into a Tottenham superstar rather than one already on the wane.
It may be harsh but it is true; Tottenham are better off without Bale, whose return could cause far more problems than it solves.
Levy does not spend money without thinking long and hard about the rewards and, when it comes to Bale, those have already been and gone.
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